News about Vitali Klitschko

The Mayor of Kyiv welcomed soldiers of Ukraine's National Guard Rubezh (Frontier) brigade to the country's capital yesterday. He posed for photos with the soldiers and delivered a speech, in which he highlighted their heroism. Klitschko was pictured smiling alongside the fighters, giving thumbs up and holding a fist over his heart in a show of patriotism. Later the servicemen were invited to an award ceremony celebrating them, as they recently returned from the frontline in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region.

Early today, the Polish alert highlighted the danger of NATO's dragging as Russian missiles seemed to be over-shooting Ukraine and heading toward Poland. An attack on a NATO country could lead to Article 5 of the military alliance, which states that if a NATO ally is the perpetrator of an assault, other NATO members of the Alliance will see this as an act of aggression against all members.

A video posted on social media seemed to show a massive explosion at a high rate in Kyiv. Explosions in Kyiv are over.' There is no such thing as an air defense system in the United States. In a Telegram post, Vitali Klitschko, the city's mayor, said,'stay in shelters.' A warehouse was on fire, according to Klitschko later. Drones and missiles struck at least five other Ukrainian cities on Friday, including Kharkiv in the northeast, Lviv in the west, and Odesa in the south, according to the cities' mayors and police. Later on Friday, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced that there had been three waves of strikes.

Sadiq Khan has been chastised for blocking a proposal to bring cars that would be scrapped under Ulez rules to the Ukraine frontline. According to a letter obtained by The Telegraph, the London Mayor has stated that he does not send cars to the front line, which are usually 4x4s and pick-up trucks. Mr Khan, responding to a letter from Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, said he would not allow cars to enter the country as the plan did not meet the 'legal threshold.' The scheme, according to Mr Khan, must benefit Londoners from a "economic, socioeconomic, and environmental perspective."

Many explosions occurred today in Kyiv, as Russian missiles began to rain down on the capital. After earlier reports of a Russian air assault in Kyiv's Dniprovsky district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said seven people were wounded and buildings were ruined by ash from detonated missiles. Residents from one building had been evacuated and emergency services were responding on putting out several fires started by the falling missile rubble, according to Mr Klitschko on the Telegram messaging app. It comes as President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that ending US military assistance for Ukraine would be a 'Christmas gift' for Russia, as Volodymyr Zelensky's last-ditch attempt to obtain more support ran into a slew of fierce Republican resistance.

Klitschko said he was not surprised that Zelensky's popularity has dipped compared to that of the army, considering that "people see who is efficient and who isn't." And there were and many hopes.'

According to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is failing as a war leader and will soon be out of office. In an interview with Swiss outlet '20 minuten', Klitschko, a former top boxer and brother of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, confessed that Ukraine's counteroffensive had stalled and Zelensky is now 'paying for his mistakes.' He said he was not surprised Zelensky's popularity has decreased compared to that of the army, because 'people see who is efficient and who isn't.' And there were many hopes... People were still worried about being less prepared for the war.'

Images of Kyiv under fire in the country's biggest drone strike so far have surfaced, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised another winter bombardment. According to a Telegram post, there were almost 75 drones launched in two directions, including the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk regions in Russia, according to Ukraine's Air Force. It was described as a "record number" of drones. At least five people were wounded in the attack, including an 11-year-old girl. On Telegram, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that apartment blocks and a nursery had been struck. Explosions were recorded as aircraft were intercepted, with buildings destroyed by the Iranian-built kamikaze Shahed drones.

As the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were downed, photos of massive explosions in the city, with Ukraine's Land Forces reporting that the country's air defense systems managed to destroy 25 of the Iran-built Shahed drones. Blasts rang out across Ukraine's capital and its immediate region for nearly two hours, with residents compelled to take cover as air raid sirens blared. Debris caused a fire in a residential house, but it was efficiently removed with no injuries, according to Kyiv Military Administration head Serhiy Popko, but it had been properly cleared with no injuries. On the Telegram messaging platform, doctors arrived in groups and from different directions.'

The Ukrainian military said it had driven Russian forces out of pockets of territory along the front lines in the east and south of the region, embarking on the brutal counter-offensive that began two months ago. The gains, which were revealed by Ukraine's deputy defense minister, came as Russia claimed that its forces had progressed in the eastern Kharkiv region, undermining Kyiv's highly awaited campaign. In June, Ukraine mounted its counter-attack against Russian forces, including the construction of assault battalions and stockpiling Western-donated weapons. However, progress has been stifled by widespread Russian-laid minefields and robust fortifications, according to Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar, who said that Kyiv said it had only acquired a few acres of land around the war-battered city of Bakhmut last week.

On the front page of the new issue, Iryna Bilotserkovets can be seen posing in a metal bikini and eye patch. After being trapped in a gun attack with her children just three days after the Russian invasion on February 26, last year, the model and TV presenter, Vitali Klitschko, underwent months of emergency care and reconstructive surgery. After the first strike in Ukraine, she has become a symbol of resistance. Mrs Bilotserkovets was admitted to the Berlin hospital and was treated there. She told the paper about the first time she saw herself in a mirror after surgery: "An eye missing, tubes sticking out everywhere, and hair shaved off from surgery." Stitches, bruises, and wounds all over the place; I was just Frankenstein's coloss. My jaw had shattered, like a twig. I no longer have a pretty face, but the majority of my body is stunning.'

After three people died in a missile strike because they were locked out of a bomb shelter, Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and former boxer Vitali Klitschko (right). There is no love lost between the two groups, who have clashed since the war began, and in a vicious attack on Klitschko, Zelensky said that as well as facing the Russian enemy, we also have internal ones.' In a thinly revealed insult at the former heavyweight boxing champ, a tense Zelensky said if Kyiv's local authorities were incapable of shielding citizens by keeping bomb shelters open, they would be arrested and face a 'knock out' blow.

Ukrainian forces shelled several frontier settlements in Belgorod, Russia's northern area, just days after anti-Putin rebel factions briefly occupied territory there, according to the local governor. Two industrial buildings in Shebekino (pictured), according to Vyacheslav Gladkov, had been shelled and four workers had been injured, and several businesses had been left without electricity, although several settlements were left without electricity. More than 300 children were evacuated from Shebekino and the Graivoron border district and sent to summer camps away from the front lines, according to the governor. Belgorod, which borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region, has been repeatedly attacked by Kyiv's forces since the initiation of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year. According to local reports, today's attack was the first shelling on the region since Russia's takeover of Ukraine, and it comes as the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was shaken by missiles.

On Thursday, Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv, according to the city's leaders. Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said that 15% of the city was without electricity. A mass missile strike struck an energy plant in the port city, prompting power cuts, according to the governor of Odesa province, Maksym Marchenko. Governor Oleh Synehubov of Kharkiv reported that the city and area had been struck by 15 strikes. In the central city of Dnipro and the western towns of Lutsk and Rivne, far from the front lines in the year-old war, another strike was reported.

In a grand ceremony, the official keys of the Eurovision Song Contest were passed from the previous host city Turin to Liverpool. With a handshake, mayor Stefano Lo Russo and Liverpool mayor Joanne Anderson sealed the deal. Following the agreement that the war-torn nation could not hold the contest for'safety and security reasons,' it was announced that Britain would host the event on behalf of Ukraine.

A tragic Russian rocket attack killed a Ukrainian father celebrating his birthday with his children before he was killed in a brutal Russian rocket attack. Photographs illustrating the family's yellow kitchen inside have gone viral, with a massive blast hole in the side of the apartment block revealing the family's yellow kitchen inside. In a video from the birthday party, Mikhailo Korenovsky, a well-known Ukrainian boxing coach, celebrated the birthday of one of his children with his close-knit family. Following the recovery of a child in southeastern Ukraine, the death toll increased to 41 on Tuesday. According to Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of the Dnipro region, whose capital is Dnipro, another 25 residents of the city of Dnipro are also missing.

After Russian missiles struck the building in the central Ukrainian city late last night, a rescue mission in Dnipro is underway. Survivors are seen being pulled from the wreckage of what remains of the block, as well as those who are injured. Valentyn Reznichenko, the region's governor, said seven children were among the 39 people admitted to the hospital with serious injuries. 21 people have been reported dead, but the death toll is likely to rise as hundreds of others are also believed to be trapped under the rubble.

By the first of two waves of Russian missile attacks on the city center, the icy calm of freezing fog in Kyiv was broken without warning yesterday. I heard three to four loud explosions in quick succession, most likely from a neighborhood close to the hotel where I was staying. Air-raid sirens began to wil for the first time in more than a week, shortly after. People were also advised to evacuate the city's missile-warning smartphone app. So began the latest coordinated Russian missile attack on Ukraine's vital infrastructure - power plants and water sources - in towns and cities around the region. In Dnipro's central city, the deadliest strike occurred. After being struck by a missile, a nine-story apartment block partially collapsed. At least five people were killed and 27 were wounded, including six children.

The harrowing images from the scene (left and right) reveal how an entire block was obliterated into a mountain of brick and mortar, as well as occasional fragments of charred metal strewn about nearby streets. Six children were among the 27 people admitted to the hospital with serious injuries, according to regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko. The death toll is likely to rise as thousands of people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. A new series of missile attacks on Kyiv this morning as a series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital for the first time since New Year's Day. No casualties were reported however, and residents were pictured dancing with one another as they took refuge in metro stations (inset)

As emergency services arrive on the scene, missiles have struck Kyiv, according to the city's mayor, who has reported that missing missiles have struck the city. The explosions came just hours after NATO's president warned Western allies to 'ramp up' arms production in the coming months in the hopes of aiding Ukraine. In the early hours of Monday morning, a explosion is thought to have occurred in Kyiv's Desnianskiy district. Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, proclaimed an explosion on Telegram messaging device: 'An explosion has occurred in the Desnianskiy district of Kyiv.' All services are on site. More information will follow.' Casualties are uncertain.

In a rallying cry to mark the start of 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared strikes against his country and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of'hiding'. Zelensky roused his people and declared the forthcoming 'year of our triumph' in a video posted on social media site Telegram.' Zelensky's message was posted as people in Kiev's capital were advised to escape from what officials described as a barrage of missiles. According to Vitali Klitschko, one individual was killed and 20 others were wounded in explosions.

During one of Russia's heaviest aerial attacks against Ukraine today, Belarus claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile near its border, demanding that Ukraine conduct a "thorough probe." According to Belarus, the S-300, a Soviet-era air defense system used by both Russia and Ukraine, has come down near the village of Harbacha in the Brest area, nine miles away from Ukraine's border. The Ukrainian ambassador was summoned to a formal demonstration in Minsk by the Foreign Ministry, although spokesperson Anatoly Glaz characterized the situation as 'highly serious.' 'We requested that the Ukrainian side conduct an exhaustive probe,...hold those accountable to account, and take concrete steps to avoid the occurrence of similar incidents in the future.'

According to Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian forces are still lacking funding to move forward in several domains. We can't get them to be defeated in any direction in any direction.' They can't,' he said. We're really looking forward to new weapon and the introduction of more sophisticated weapons.' The bulk of the fighting in Bakhmut, the eastern Donetsk region, has erupted since Ukraine's forces recaptured the southern city of Kherson in November, where Russia has been fighting for months.

Also the simple question of whether or not to plant Christmas trees in civic centers ignites a lot of controversy. Some believe that it is not a time to celebrate and that decorative lights are a waste of electricity, while others argue that festivities must be promoted for the sake of Ukraine's children, not to bow to the Kremlin's terror. Kyiv, which is usually known for a glittering Christmas market with lights and rides, has chosen a small tree decorated with baubles in the national colours of blue and yellow, as well as white doves of peace. Vitali Klitschko, the capital's mayor and three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, says, 'We cannot allow Putin to steal our Christmas.'